BOOKS AND AWARDS

Margaret A. Edwards Award for a Distinguished Body of Work for Young Adults, from the Young Adult Services Committee of the American Library Association and the School Library Journal-- l992.

Katharine Drexel Award, presented by the Catholic Library Association "to recognize an outstanding contribution by an individual to the growth of high school and young adult librarianship and literature.

HORSES OF DREAMLAND – picture book (Little, Brown, l985)
National League Of American Pen Women Children's Book Award--l987
Foreign editions: England

THE THIRD EYE -- (Little, Brown, l984)
Nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award--l985
Jr. Literary Guild--l985
Selected for Children's Books of the Year Exhibit, England--l985
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award--l989
Indiana Young Hoosier Award--l987
West Australian Young Readers Award--l987
Nominated for Texas "Spring Jackrabbit" Young Readers Award--l986
Nominated for Land of Enchantment, New Mexico Young Readers Award--l987
Nominated for Volunteer State Book Award, Tennessee--l988
Foreign editions: England, Germany

FROM SPRING TO SPRING – picture book with photos by Lois Duncan (The Westminster Press, 1983)

THE TERRIBLE TALES OF HAPPY DAYS SCHOOL – picture book (Little, Brown, 1983)

CHAPTERS: MY GROWTH AS A WRITER – autobiography (Little, Brown, l982)
ALA Best Book for Young Readers--l982
School Library Journal: Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

STRANGER WITH MY FACE -- (Little, Brown, l98l)
ALA Best Book for Young Adults--l98l
New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year--l98l
New Mexico Press Women Zia Award--l983
Ethical Culter School Award--l98l
Library of Congress selection--l98l
National League of American Pen Women Best Novel--l982
California Young Readers Award--l984
South Carolina Young Readers Award--l984
Indiana Young Hoosier Award--l986
Nominated for Iowa Young Readers Award--l984
Nominated for Arizona Young Readers Award--l985
Nominated for Florida "Sunshine Authors" Young Readers Award--l986
Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award--l988
Top Teen Read List in England, selected by teenagers--l986
Listening Library, audio recording
Recorded Books, audio recording
Foreign editions: England, Denmark, Germany

LOVE SONG FOR JOYCE (written under the pen name “Lois Kerry”) --(Funk & Wagnalls, 1957)

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror--or is he out for revenge?

They Never Came Home

Larry and Dan leave on a weekend camping trip and never return. There are no clues, until Larry’s sister, Joan, gets a mysterious phone call that sends her and Dan’s younger brother on a dangerous mission to find the missing boys.

Daughters Of Eve

Sworn to secrecy -- bound by loyalty -- it's the high school's most exclusive club. But now a twisted mind is leading it. Who will be the first victim?

A Gift Of Magic

Until she learns to control it, Nancy's gift of extrasensory perception brings her more trouble than she can handle.

The Twisted Window

Tracy Lloyd can feel the handsome stranger watching her. He's not a student at her high school, so what is he doing there? What does he want from Tracy, and is she willing to help him?A plot-oriented story with more twists and turns than a corkscrew.

Ransom

Five students were missing--a terrifying ride into a nightmare! In the beginning it's just another bus ride home from school. But the driver is a stranger who has plans for his passengers.

Don't Look Behind You

Forced to give up her name, her friends, her boyfriend, and everything she's ever known, April feels like her life is over when her father's undercover work for the FBI forces the family to relocate under the Federal Witness Security Program. At least, they can now feel safe. Or -- can they?

Down A Dark Hall

Why does the exclusive boarding school Blackwood have only four students? Kit walks the dark halls and feels a penetrating chill. What terror waits around the next corner?